Improvement in wall-pockets for stationery



. EMORG'A-N. I WALL-POCKETS FOR STATIONERY.

No. 194,971. Patented S ept.11,"1877\.

Z7&%%Za} UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ELISHA MORGAN, OF SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENT lN'WALL-POCKETS FOR STATIONERY.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 194,971, datedSeptember 11, 1877; application filed July 23, 1877.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ELISHA MORGAN, of Springfield, in the State ofMassachusetts, have invented a new and useful Combined Wall-Pocket andCase for Stationery, and that the following-is a full, clear, and exactdescription thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,making a part of this specification, and to the letters of referencemarked thereon.

My invention consists of a box provided with a swinging cover, hinged toa vertical base, withgussets, secured between the base and the box, atthe ends, said box being provided with a retaining-piece to keep thestationery in place when the device is suspended against the wall, orwhen the box is in a vertical position and its cover open; the natureand object of the invention being clearly indicated by thefollowing'description and accompanying drawings.

Figure I is a perspective view of my invention, and Fig. II is avertical transverse section of the same midway its length.

In the drawings, A represents the base, which I prefer should be made ofstout cardboard, and which may be suitably ornamented at the top; and tothis base are secured the gussets O at each end, either by pasting oneedge of each gusset directly to the base A or by gluing a piece, B,against the front side of the base, with one edge of each gusset foldedover each end of the piece B, between it and the base.

The box D is made either of wood or of other strong material, with acover, E, hinged thereto in .any convenient. manner; and the outer edgeof each gusset is secured to the back side of the box D in anyconvenient way, (preferably by a similar meansto that by which they aresecured to the base A, as hereinbefore described,) and the lower side ofthe box is hinged along its corner at a to the lower edge of the base A.

The box D is provided with a retaining piece or band, i, which retainsthe stationery in place within the box when the latter is in a'verticalposition and opened; and the cover E, when the box is suspended upon thewall of the room. is held closed by a latch or other desirablefastening.

As thus arranged this is a very useful and ornamental receptacle forstationery, and particularly for such matters as relate tocorrespondence, as the stationery, or envelopes and paper, may be keptin the box D, while the letters, both answered and unanswered, may bekept in the compartment or pocket at B, between the base A and box D,and all are easily accessible.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is b As a newarticle of manufacture, the combination of the box D, cover E, gussetsG, and base A, the said box and base being hinged together, and forminga combined case for stationery and wall-pocket, all substantially asdescribed.

. ELISHA MORGAN.

Witnesses:

T. A. OUR'rIs, HOWARD G. KING.

